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wicketless

wicketless adjective: having failed to gain a single wicket.

Adjective

wicketless (not comparable)

  1. Having failed to gain a single wicket
    • Vettori paid the price for a wicketless outing in the final one-day international against the West Indies on Tuesday, slipping from first place to second.2009 January 14, AAP, “Nathan Bracken returns to No.1 in ODI bowling rankings”, in Herald Sun

Origin of wicketless

From wicket + -less.

Questions about wicketless

What does wicketless mean?
Wicketless means having failed to gain a single wicket.
What part of speech is wicketless?
Wicketless is an adjective.

Words near wicketless in the dictionary

  1. wicket-keeping gloves
  2. wicketkeep
  3. wicketkeeper
  4. wicketkeepers
  5. wicketkeeping
  6. wicketless
  7. wickets
  8. Wickett
  9. Wicketts
  10. Wickey
  11. Wickeys

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